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if we win, pennsylvania, michigan and virginia this game is over. if we win either ohio and florida and we're ahead in both right now. >> howard dean, michael smerconish, always good to see you both. thank you so much. >>> tuesday is the anniversary of 9/11. in today's office politics my conversation with msnbc terrorism analyst evan coleman. i began by asking him about his greatest fear for an attack here on u.s. soil. >> my greatest fear, honestly, is that an al qaeda affiliate group. a group that we haven't been looking at that closely. aqap is a good example of that. before the underwear bomb plot, no one had heard of al qaeda in yemen. my concern is that you have an al qaeda affiliate group that's not being heavily focused in on. they identify u.s. nationals who they can work with who are under the radar who are home grown, who are esoteric or at the fringes of the jihadi community. those individuals are able to come up with a plot that is simple, is easy to carry out and causes major economic damage. that is exactly what al qaeda is saying its
if we win, pennsylvania, michigan and virginia this game is over. if we win either ohio and florida and we're ahead in both right now. >> howard dean, michael smerconish, always good to see you both. thank you so much. >>> tuesday is the anniversary of 9/11. in today's office politics my conversation with msnbc terrorism analyst evan coleman. i began by asking him about his greatest fear for an attack here on u.s. soil. >> my greatest fear, honestly, is that an al qaeda...
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this is a snapshot here of florida, ohio and pennsylvania. when you look at which candidate voters think will implement policies favoring the middle class, president obama comes out ahead of governor romney in those same three states. joining me now for strategy talk, msnbc political analyst and republican strategist and publisher of mullings.com. rich i'll begin with you here. how frustrating are these numbers for the romney camp and the gop? is there any buyer's remorse? do you still think there is time without some dramatic event to turn this around? >> yeah. i disagree with the crew you had on earlier. i don't think that there is a hail mary necessary on wednesday night. i think one of the things that the romney team is looking for is simply for governor romney to reassure those same middle class voters you're talking about that he does understand what they need and does want the same things for them that they want. but in any poll you'd rather have the bigger number. there's no question about that. >> yeah, of course. karen, positive num
this is a snapshot here of florida, ohio and pennsylvania. when you look at which candidate voters think will implement policies favoring the middle class, president obama comes out ahead of governor romney in those same three states. joining me now for strategy talk, msnbc political analyst and republican strategist and publisher of mullings.com. rich i'll begin with you here. how frustrating are these numbers for the romney camp and the gop? is there any buyer's remorse? do you still think...
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>> well, of course there's pennsylvania with its very restrictive voter i.d. law, which may impact over a million already registered voters in pennsylvania. and, you know, advancement project's been involved in that fight and we have a hearing on tuesday again so that we can make sure that that law is not implemented for november. and many of the other i.d. laws actually we have been able to stop dead in their tracks. and so we're concerned about what is happening in florida because the other thing that's happening is that these states are moving very quickly to purge voters from the list right before the election. again, this is an effort by some politicians to make sure some people don't vote. really who it hits are the elderly, it hits african-americans, it hits younger people and also latino voters. >> one interesting thing because in texas the federal judge is overseeing the voter i.d. law in that state said it would be basically a poll tax. it's really interesting to see the fact that the "atlanta" magazine will be looking for voter fraud. we'll see if t
>> well, of course there's pennsylvania with its very restrictive voter i.d. law, which may impact over a million already registered voters in pennsylvania. and, you know, advancement project's been involved in that fight and we have a hearing on tuesday again so that we can make sure that that law is not implemented for november. and many of the other i.d. laws actually we have been able to stop dead in their tracks. and so we're concerned about what is happening in florida because the...
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so mitt romney spent yesterday in pennsylvania. that was not exactly a battleground state. they're not even running ads there right now. so it's a little bit of a head scratcher when you take a look at where they're spending their time. how they expect to pull this thing out. >> you know what's interesting about this, too, aimee is the president's came totally lowering expectations on the debate front. is there a theme, a general theme being struck by the president's team on all this? and how much debate prep is the president actually doing, given it's been a pretty busy cycle for him in terms of running things from 1600 pennsylvania avenue? >> well, yeah, they're saying he hasn't really had time to prepare for this. he's focused on his day job, which, of course, we know is not. he's campaigning. and the other side is saying the same thing, they're both kind of giving each other very glowing remarks about how the other side is a great orator, the other side has had many times to practice in the primary. but the president has been practicing. he's been going to the dnc every
so mitt romney spent yesterday in pennsylvania. that was not exactly a battleground state. they're not even running ads there right now. so it's a little bit of a head scratcher when you take a look at where they're spending their time. how they expect to pull this thing out. >> you know what's interesting about this, too, aimee is the president's came totally lowering expectations on the debate front. is there a theme, a general theme being struck by the president's team on all this? and...
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if he's going to have a strategy in pennsylvania, he's got to focus on those counties that are outside philadelphia and pittsburgh. they're open to a message that he started with about physical responsibility in terms of their entitlements. he's going to make it clear that while we want to control entitlements, it's los got to be recognized, social security are now getting back their 2002. veterans who -- in short, what he has to do is appeal to the common thoughts of pennsylvanians. we also always align with the kmorn wealth, like a o'o' ---the commonwealth who use their collect kive resources to get a start again in life. >> well, speak of wealth, tom, we have always been watching the big money in this election cycle and we have talked about the campaign swing -- what's the final ad blitz going to look like and how can the campaign use their money best? >> i think you use your money best on the ground in a situation like this. we're the washington nationals are going to make the playoffs for the first time and we're seeing more of romney and obama than price harper during the basebal
if he's going to have a strategy in pennsylvania, he's got to focus on those counties that are outside philadelphia and pittsburgh. they're open to a message that he started with about physical responsibility in terms of their entitlements. he's going to make it clear that while we want to control entitlements, it's los got to be recognized, social security are now getting back their 2002. veterans who -- in short, what he has to do is appeal to the common thoughts of pennsylvanians. we also...
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pennsylvania, we call it a swing state but that's really a misnomer. it's a state that democrats win and republicans always want to win. it's been a while since it's gone the other way. i'm not that surprised. i gegs it's a little early to not run ads there. let's wait and see if that continues. we have 58 more days. they could always change their minds. >> patricia, all said and done, the conventions may not move the needle at all. anne was saying the ultimate decider may be the debates, the first one november 3rd. is there any -- rather, october 3rd -- conventional wisdom on who is the better debater? >> the facts kind of show us that at least mitt romney has had the most experience most recently. he went through that just incredible marathon of republican debates and those debates were so important. we saw people, their campaigns were made or lost on his performances there. he has the upper hand on being more mobile, agile, ready for the debates. we know obama will come out swinging, will be best rehearses. romney has the more practice recent recent
pennsylvania, we call it a swing state but that's really a misnomer. it's a state that democrats win and republicans always want to win. it's been a while since it's gone the other way. i'm not that surprised. i gegs it's a little early to not run ads there. let's wait and see if that continues. we have 58 more days. they could always change their minds. >> patricia, all said and done, the conventions may not move the needle at all. anne was saying the ultimate decider may be the debates,...
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at the same time vice president biden just wrapped up a campaign stop in pennsylvania. >> to quote president clinton, these guys are bush on steroids because here is what they want to do. on top of maintaining that tax cut -- this is true -- they want to add another $250,000 a year tax cut for everyone making over $1 million. >>> meanwhile mitt romney and paul ryan hit the battleground state of florida looking to rally voters in jacksonville. >> i need to ask each one of you to find one person who voted for barack obama last time and they're out there. i know you can usually tell where they are because on their cars you see the glue from where the bumper sticker used to be. and so you can find them. you need to go those guys and find one person who voted for barack obama and convince them to vote for paul ryan and mitt romney. >> and new today the romney camp has release add web video called a better future. the ad includes highlights from last week's republican national convention featuring several high-profile speakers. >>> and as the president aims to build up momentum ahead of the democr
at the same time vice president biden just wrapped up a campaign stop in pennsylvania. >> to quote president clinton, these guys are bush on steroids because here is what they want to do. on top of maintaining that tax cut -- this is true -- they want to add another $250,000 a year tax cut for everyone making over $1 million. >>> meanwhile mitt romney and paul ryan hit the battleground state of florida looking to rally voters in jacksonville. >> i need to ask each one of...
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yesterday, eight states did not include the state of wisconsin, where paul ryan is from, did not include pennsylvania, michigan. those are targets that seem to be difficult for them. so they really have to run the table on a small number of states, they can do it, they're close in those places but it won't be easy. >> we've said this from the very beginning that this is going to be an election that barring some major catastrophe or some huge gaffe on the part of one of the candidates, and neither of them seem prone to huge gaffes, this will be an election that turn on the economy. a lot of people get confused because they see a number where there's jobs added that are fewer than expected and the job rate drops so significantly. is that because there just are more people who have given up searching for jobs? >> exactly. the unemployment is calculated on the basis of how many people say they're looking for jobs. if fewer people decide to look, because they're discouraged, the rate could go down because you have weak job creation. takes 150,000 jobs a month to keep up with population growth. anything le
yesterday, eight states did not include the state of wisconsin, where paul ryan is from, did not include pennsylvania, michigan. those are targets that seem to be difficult for them. so they really have to run the table on a small number of states, they can do it, they're close in those places but it won't be easy. >> we've said this from the very beginning that this is going to be an election that barring some major catastrophe or some huge gaffe on the part of one of the candidates, and...
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. >> the vice president will be making some stops in pennsylvania and wisconsin tomorrow. >>> this brings us to our twitter question for all of you, did the republican convention change anyone's mind? talk to me on twitter, i'll get to reading some of your tweets throughout the day. >>> one other political note and this could be significant. it is a victory for groups fighting new voting restrictions in ohio. a federal judge reinstated early voting on the three days leading up to november's election. the state's republican governor and legislature had decided to cut off early in person voting on the friday before election day. but a clinton appointed district judge called it arbitrary. >> they plan to appeal. >>> president obama is in iowa. it's a busy holiday weekend for the president. he kicks off his road to charlotte tour today. after speaking to soldiers in texas yesterday, both the president and mitt romney are campaigning in battleground states and visiting the hurricane damaged areas in louisiana. kristen welker is traveling with the president so she's live in urbandale iowa with
. >> the vice president will be making some stops in pennsylvania and wisconsin tomorrow. >>> this brings us to our twitter question for all of you, did the republican convention change anyone's mind? talk to me on twitter, i'll get to reading some of your tweets throughout the day. >>> one other political note and this could be significant. it is a victory for groups fighting new voting restrictions in ohio. a federal judge reinstated early voting on the three days...
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race is about are the swing states, the states in play, states like north carolina, virginia, ohio, pennsylvania, florida, those are states where there are large minority populations, black people, brown people, senior citizens. in order to win, for romney to win, he has to win those states so he can't afford to turn off any segment of the populous, he can't have a secretly or subtly racist run. the majority of welfare people are white. romney's been talking about the obama move to push back on bill clinton's advances with well will fair reform. that's what those ads are about. >> but most people don't know that most people who get food stamps, for instance, are white. they still are working off the old stereo teaches. i agree with you that an explicitly racial campaign would clearly fail. that's why it's done in code that works at a dog whistle level. why are they doing this? because they're losing so badly among women an latinos and obviously among african-americans that the romney campaign has to maximize its turnout among particularly white male working class voters. they already have a big
race is about are the swing states, the states in play, states like north carolina, virginia, ohio, pennsylvania, florida, those are states where there are large minority populations, black people, brown people, senior citizens. in order to win, for romney to win, he has to win those states so he can't afford to turn off any segment of the populous, he can't have a secretly or subtly racist run. the majority of welfare people are white. romney's been talking about the obama move to push back on...